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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1962-12-05

1962-12-05-001

I THE AMERICAN WAY
Vol. 37 — No. 11
2 Sections — 14 Pages
NORTH 'CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1962
10c Per Oopy-
Community To Go A-Caroling
S^h.at is a friend?'
.rtainly one £art of any definition would Jhaye to \>e
that a friend fs & person who will help you when you need
help — wht) will do you u favor when it lies within his
powey. .The {faitei. States Government had occagl&n not
long agio to a. k pine nations for a fa$or. Aft puae of them
are reei^ients of foreign aid, Vvhiclris paid'for .with money
taken m tildes from yoU i_tt..l roe. SeVetf. of th? nine have
partteular'*eas.o_i Jftneed good 'public: Velat'lfos' in Washington, J): ,C. SO there was hopeful anticipation that* the requested favor would be granted. When the answers came,
seven of the nine nations Voted against granting the favor.
Only two agreed.
The request made, by the United States was. a rather
modest one. Washington simply asked pel-mission of the
nine nations to sell some of the United States holdings of
their, currencies to-American tourists who planned to visit
those nations. By this process, our Government hoped tc
save same of. the dollar outflow from this country, which
is one of our most serious financial problems.
When Ameriian' tourists buy currency of a foreign
nation in that nation, it represents dollar (gold) outflow.
If the currency, for that country, is purchased in the
United States from a Government agency, there is no
dollar loss. The foreign aid program is deeply .involved here.
The foreign currencies held by the UuS.' Government were
obtained thnough the sale — at reduced prices, naturally —
of surplus American food products to these nations. To
make it easier for the recipients of this assistance, they
were permitted to pay for these products in their own
money. Our Government does not demand that they pay in
gold dollars.
In vam we asked this favor of India, which has received so much of the money we poured out for foreign aid.
Two others were the communist buddies, Poland and Yugoslavia, Burma, Israel, Pakistan and Indonesia also said they
didn't believe they could go along with the United States
request. • — - - - -
AH seven of these sought to excuse their refusal by
saying that a principle of the U.S. foreign aid program
is to build up the foreign exchanges iof the recipient nations, and that we were going against that principle in
asking to sell some of our holdings of their curriencies to
American tourists.
Of the nine nations, only Syria and the United Arab
Republic agreed to our request. There is no reason to be
surprised, for those who represent us in Washington have
gone so far in letting nations set the terms on which they
accept our tax money that they feel they can lecture us
on the "principles" ,cf the foreign aid program.
It is time for us to recognize the fact that this long-
continued giveaway of our tax money is not going to alter
the traditional keystone of any other nation's foreign policy — which is to look first to its own interests.
Our foreign aid program has not brought us friends.
It never will. If less of our tax money was given away to
these so-called "friendly" countries and more of it was. left
here at home, our communities and, schools, would, receive
the help they need with their money problems.
• Let those y,ou sent to Washington kmw how you feel
about the way they are handling- your tax, moiwjy.
Nation In The JPtofe
In spite of headlines pijQclaiming- gr^at qptimism in
Washington for early resoluteqn, qt qu. ■' diSEei^Qes, with
Russia over their takeover of Qub^, apftt. i^," mawingr '*>$
conversion as a Western Hj^isphei-i- invasion, base,1 tKft
hour of irrevoble showdown di'aw§. ne^rieiv
The maunderings at the. UN— v$iqs.e hejatl, man, U
Thant, has already disqualified himself; i^,hi^.reQkIes§,j'aunt
to Cuba and his hasty retoeat ft'pnvi tji$. afiQwr^ of; Qagtro,
and'whose chief US representatiy,^ ha&3JYi^- ^ee^, lveje .t^d
by the American people — hav . qnl^ "fogge*! up! a, picture,
thatonce seemed clear. More,, disjquietjng, wi#. have.'revived
in the.public mind the nightmare of our submission in
Korea to UN-leadership.
Just as, we were optimistic because Khrushchev said
lie was-bringing home his 42 missiles— ancl U.S. Naval
officers viewed from ships of the "blockade" line what may
have been missiles on Russian decks — today, we cherish
brave hopes that, after all, Castro will permit Khrush to
bring home his 30 bombers also.. This "optimism" is based
on the contention that the Kremlin's stooges have stopped
saying the bombers belong to Fidel and not to Mother
Russia, and. that even Castro's flunky, who has been singing this tune, has not repeated it in his talks, to date, AVith
other Latin American "ambassadors" in recent days!
But supposing the optimism is fully justified and the
jet bombers, or some portion of them are removed, are we
then — witji effective inspection more of an illusion than
ever, with the "fishing port" development continuing and
the thousands of Russians and.Chinese Reds still.occupying
this threshold of the U.S. — to be told by President Kennedy and "Ambassador" Stevenson — and U Thant, of
course — that everything is hunky dory?
At this writing, U Thant on his throne in the Manhattan no-mans land is reported sitting on terms submitted
to him by Russia and Cuba jointly for ending the crisis.
"Spokesmen" for the State _ Department and for our UN
delegation say they know frpm. nothing* another mysterious
mouthpiece for the UN is quoted as saying - that U, Thant
is "not authorized" to tell us anything ySt!
THAT for Mr. Kennedy's bold gesture—and his pledge
to defend the United States. an<Lthe. Western Hemisphere!
Having lost the agonizingly gained initiative, are we now
waiting for an1 attack on Guantanarrw. ? And i is it likely to
happen while we can still be talked out of this historic
base fct-the UN?
J/J&&.,
The Hoover Company is again
inviting the families of the North
Canton area to a Community
Christmas .sing to 'be held Thursday evening, Dec. 20.
The company today announc
ed plans for the sing to 'be held
from 7:30 to 8 p.m. on the company's front lawn in downtown
North Canton.
Gathered with the families
around the 50-foot lighted Christ
mas tree will be church and
school choirs from the North
Canton community.
Once again, Martin Alexander,
Hoover High School, will lead.
the .choral groups and families
in the singing of traditional
Christmas carols.
The half-hour program also
will be Ibroadcast directly frorr.
the Hoover lawn over WHBC
at 7:30 p.m.
Boys and Girls Mob Santa Claus
San Visit Him
At His Igloo
The weather was mild—Indian
summer with air-conditioning—
■but this didn't .stop our jolly
gentleman1 from tho North 'Pole.
Santa Claus rode into North
Canton Friday evening amid the
shouts of 400 excited youngsters
and the stirring Christmas music (,£ the Hoover High School
■band.
A merry greeting and a candy
cane from the traditional gift
brir>ger brought happy smiles to
many a small tyke (one greedy
boy stuffed hi.s pockets with | summei
more than a dozen gift candies
before edging out of the crowd
that encircled Santa).
;_Jbl'SQ.-.Jfe9i&Py were the Santa
sponsors who are making his
visit to North Canton possible.
As a sign of welcome, each of
the 32 sponsors has hung a large
red banner on his door.
Students Out of Classes
Geitgey Flat Placed
a
Three pieces of equipment and 10 men from North
Canton .Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call
Tuesday at 9:22 a.m. from Walsh. College, 2020 Easton St.
NW-
Firemen used a booster pump
to, distinguish, a. fire in a brick-
'an^tile-lined- rubbish disposal
unit that extends from the second floor, to the basement of
the college academic , building.
The fire was discovered toy.
a 'student who was leaving a
dlass that had just been dismissed.
Firemen and 'college officials
speculate;! that the 'blaze was
caused by a carelessly discarded citgarette or tna'teh.'
Smoke forced students to evacuate the building for a brief
period. Firemen employed bluw-
er.s to dispel the. shiofce." '
Damage to the 'building was1
negligible, • college officials- said,
although some-cleanup.work was
necessary. ........
• Several faculty members and
students played 'fire' extinguishers on the blaze until firemen
arrived.
Operations at the college were
Iback to normal about an hour
after the 'blaze wag discovered.
Another fire call Monday at
8:48 p.m. took firefighters to a
grass blaze on Knoll Ave.
Two Attend TV Session
C. Lisle Beamer, audio-visu3.1
director of Canton* Public
Schools, and Liloyd R. McFar-
ren, supervisor of, elementary
education, took part in a conference conducted ^iby Midwest
Program on Airborne Television
Instruction Monday, at Purdue
University: * .
The pin-pose' of the "-all-day
■session was to consider expanded use of instructional television
in Midwest schools served by
the "flying, caassraom.': ....
The North Canton Planning
Commission has postponed action on a plat presented 'by Jim
Cooper for Donald Geitgey to
a recessed meeting, Dec. 17, at
7:30 p.m.
Commission mem'bers considered 'the plat at' its Monday
night meeting, and then moved
to table it untj.1- the recessed
meeting, to allow further stud\
and ■ to ■ give- time to check certain points in question
- The. Plat., locate., .in the .West
end of town, includes more than
22 acre's,'wliich have been'divided into 53 'lots.
Absent-from the Monday night
■mcetirtT, which was followed by
a vyork.session with Fred LaBas-
tille, Efoasco consultant, was
Harold T. Duryee.
OSU health Center
ii for Careers Day
Student's in grades 7 through
12 from "Stark'conn-ty-have been
invited1 t« take* part "in the annual Careers Day to be held
Saturday, April 6, 1953, at The
Ohio State University Health
Center,.. t_ '■. ... , .
The program, designed to acquaint students with the medical sbet'.allies'available at the
Health- Center, • will '-include^ a
tour of the center in the morning and a skit ;and group discussion-; in Oe Ohio Union in
-.the. aU. i-oypi. ..
Host Safety Patrol
North Canton patrol boys and
girls will be among 1,800 County
school safety patrol members
who will be entertained Saturday, Dec. 15, at the 12th annual Christmas Theater Party.
The morning event is . pon-
scored by tlie Palace Theater in
Canton and the Canton Automobile Club.
See Santa at His Igloo
Santa will be "at home" in
his red and white igloo for the
first time this Friday night.
The igloo, contributed last
year by the 'North Canton Area
Chamber of Commerce, will be
stationed in front of Frye Hardware at 950 S. -Main St. from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday and
from noon until 5:30 p.m., Saturday.
'During the week of Dec. 10-15,
the igloo will move to Hummel's
IGA parking lot at 315 N. Main
St. Evening hours, Monday
through Wednesday and Friday,
will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Santa
also will hand out candy canes
and receive Christmas lists from
noon until 5:30 p.m., Saturday.
The same hours will be observed the week of Dec. 17-22
and on Dec. 24, when the 'gloo
will be stationed in front of the
Harter 'Bank at 139 S. Main St.
Sponsor Santa's Visit ,
Santa's sponsors this year include : Adair's; Jake V. Al-
(Continued on Page Four)
City's Retail Sales
Snowball Down Hill
Planners are at Work to Develop
Corrective Steps lo Regain Customers
Retail sales in North Canton are dropping drestically
beli ind those of Canton and Stark County, according to
figures presented tliis week to the North Canton Planning
Commission.
Sales have dropped 50 percent from 1954 high, reports
Fred LaBastille, new Ebasco
planner heading the North
Canton project.
iJaBastille showed planning;
commission members a grap-te
showing a comparison of retail.
3ales in the City, Canton and
ihe county since 1940.
In 1954, North Canton sales
reached a peak, which topped-
bales for either Canton or that
ounty. A sharp downward trend
iOllows to the present time. It
s interesting to note that discount houses were introduced- in
this area around 1954.
(Presenting the chart at a
Tuesday night work session with
the commission and members
of the Citizens Advisory Com-
m i 11 e e, LaBastille explained
that hi.s 1981 figure is only a
good estimate.
Cooperation of Nortii Canton
ausinessmen i.s being sought to
jbtain a real Gross Retail Sales
ngure for North Canton for 19&1.'.
It is hoped that -merchants
v\ ill volunteer this information,
vvhich will be kept anonymous:
The only breakdown that would
be helpful would be general
ou.sine.ss line. such as food,
clothing, service, etc.
■Mr. LaBastille stressed the
necessity of having each and
every proprietor's help to show
tho complete picture.
This information ties in with
tho Basic Economic Report,
which will be reviewed by the
commission and the planning
representative later this week.
At Monday and Tuesday evening study sessions, the commission, the Ebasco representative,
and citizens reviewed the pre-.
liminary drafts of both the Land
Use ancl Structural Conditions
Report and the Major Thoroughfare and Transportation Inventory.
All points were discussed and
ironed out. Both reports now
return- to New York for preparation of a final draft.
When Mr. LaBastille returns
for the Jan. 7 Planning Commission meeting, he vvill bring
with him the preliminary drafts
of the Community Facilities
Plan and the Central Business
District Report.
One of the major items of
tlie Land Use report and recom-
•mendations will be a plan 'for
a major revision of the existing zoning ordinance.
Parking needs and plans for
street paving, traffic routing and
sidewalk construction will ibe
outlined in the final draft of
the thoroughfare ancl transportation studv.
Fred \\. LaBastille
Norlh Canton's Comprehensive
Survey and Master Plan i.s being guided !>y a new community planning consultant.
Replacing Peter Dorram as
head of the North Canton survey crew j,s Fred W. LaBastille.
Mr. Laliasliile, who ioined the
Ebasco firm of New York thi.s
holds a B.
in land
scape architecture from the University of Michigan, where he
also took advanced courses in
■civil engineering and city planning.
His experience in the planning
field includes, most recently, the
position of project planner in
Reckley, W.-Va., where hi.s family is presently located.
Before that lie was senior
planner for the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
in Maryland, was .chief planner
for the Department of City
Planning in Chicago, 111.; civil
engineer for Skidmore. Owings
and Merrill of Chicago; junior
planner for Marland Bartholomew & Assc. of St. Louis. Mo.;
site planner anj engineering
consultant in Chicago and St.
Louis; and planning consultant
in Chicago.
His • duties include overseeing
the drafting of a complete Comprehensive Plan for cities, watershed areas and counties.
In North Canton, he will be
responsible for presenting the
survey and Master Plan, the
Central Business District Studies and other related studies and
public relations programs connected with a planning program.
'Mr. LaBastille lias been .scheduled as guest speaker for the
Thursday night Rotary program
at Community Christian church.
Vernon So'l w ' .-r<gram chairman for December.
Hi La's Sing for Elks
Martin Alexander, vocal music instructor at Hoover Hig^i
School, conducted tlie Hoover Hi
Lo's in a program of music for
the Elks memorial service held
Sunday. Dec-. 2. in the Elks
Loc'ige, Canton.
The Rev. Loren 'Fowler, pastor of Western inster Presbyterian Church, was guest speakey.
Mother Tries Hand at Christmas Crafts
T leashes Them
Oiass
Fine Gone Wreaths
Conversation pieces in several
North Canton homes tliis Hai&-
day season will be the result
•of the craft period of tlie North
Canton Community Building1
YMCA's -Mothers Day Out program.
Women, even those with no
special art training, have painted sets of holiday glassware,
using plain glasses, Christmas
car j designs and airplane paint.
A holiday greeting card is
placed inside the u-lass and the
design followed in various colors
of model airplane paint. Glasses
are then baked to set the paint.
Tlie tjlas.s craft class was
taught by Mrs. Carl Johnson.
Mrs. Edward Wright taught
'mothers how to wire pine cone
wreaths and a myriad oi ways
to use cones in Christmas decorating.
Shown painting designs -on
glassware are (left to right)1:
Eleanor Festerly, Pearl Barnhart and Lois Johnson,

I THE AMERICAN WAY
Vol. 37 — No. 11
2 Sections — 14 Pages
NORTH 'CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1962
10c Per Oopy-
Community To Go A-Caroling
S^h.at is a friend?'
.rtainly one £art of any definition would Jhaye to \>e
that a friend fs & person who will help you when you need
help — wht) will do you u favor when it lies within his
powey. .The {faitei. States Government had occagl&n not
long agio to a. k pine nations for a fa$or. Aft puae of them
are reei^ients of foreign aid, Vvhiclris paid'for .with money
taken m tildes from yoU i_tt..l roe. SeVetf. of th? nine have
partteular'*eas.o_i Jftneed good 'public: Velat'lfos' in Washington, J): ,C. SO there was hopeful anticipation that* the requested favor would be granted. When the answers came,
seven of the nine nations Voted against granting the favor.
Only two agreed.
The request made, by the United States was. a rather
modest one. Washington simply asked pel-mission of the
nine nations to sell some of the United States holdings of
their, currencies to-American tourists who planned to visit
those nations. By this process, our Government hoped tc
save same of. the dollar outflow from this country, which
is one of our most serious financial problems.
When Ameriian' tourists buy currency of a foreign
nation in that nation, it represents dollar (gold) outflow.
If the currency, for that country, is purchased in the
United States from a Government agency, there is no
dollar loss. The foreign aid program is deeply .involved here.
The foreign currencies held by the UuS.' Government were
obtained thnough the sale — at reduced prices, naturally —
of surplus American food products to these nations. To
make it easier for the recipients of this assistance, they
were permitted to pay for these products in their own
money. Our Government does not demand that they pay in
gold dollars.
In vam we asked this favor of India, which has received so much of the money we poured out for foreign aid.
Two others were the communist buddies, Poland and Yugoslavia, Burma, Israel, Pakistan and Indonesia also said they
didn't believe they could go along with the United States
request. • — - - - -
AH seven of these sought to excuse their refusal by
saying that a principle of the U.S. foreign aid program
is to build up the foreign exchanges iof the recipient nations, and that we were going against that principle in
asking to sell some of our holdings of their curriencies to
American tourists.
Of the nine nations, only Syria and the United Arab
Republic agreed to our request. There is no reason to be
surprised, for those who represent us in Washington have
gone so far in letting nations set the terms on which they
accept our tax money that they feel they can lecture us
on the "principles" ,cf the foreign aid program.
It is time for us to recognize the fact that this long-
continued giveaway of our tax money is not going to alter
the traditional keystone of any other nation's foreign policy — which is to look first to its own interests.
Our foreign aid program has not brought us friends.
It never will. If less of our tax money was given away to
these so-called "friendly" countries and more of it was. left
here at home, our communities and, schools, would, receive
the help they need with their money problems.
• Let those y,ou sent to Washington kmw how you feel
about the way they are handling- your tax, moiwjy.
Nation In The JPtofe
In spite of headlines pijQclaiming- gr^at qptimism in
Washington for early resoluteqn, qt qu. ■' diSEei^Qes, with
Russia over their takeover of Qub^, apftt. i^," mawingr '*>$
conversion as a Western Hj^isphei-i- invasion, base,1 tKft
hour of irrevoble showdown di'aw§. ne^rieiv
The maunderings at the. UN— v$iqs.e hejatl, man, U
Thant, has already disqualified himself; i^,hi^.reQkIes§,j'aunt
to Cuba and his hasty retoeat ft'pnvi tji$. afiQwr^ of; Qagtro,
and'whose chief US representatiy,^ ha&3JYi^- ^ee^, lveje .t^d
by the American people — hav . qnl^ "fogge*! up! a, picture,
thatonce seemed clear. More,, disjquietjng, wi#. have.'revived
in the.public mind the nightmare of our submission in
Korea to UN-leadership.
Just as, we were optimistic because Khrushchev said
lie was-bringing home his 42 missiles— ancl U.S. Naval
officers viewed from ships of the "blockade" line what may
have been missiles on Russian decks — today, we cherish
brave hopes that, after all, Castro will permit Khrush to
bring home his 30 bombers also.. This "optimism" is based
on the contention that the Kremlin's stooges have stopped
saying the bombers belong to Fidel and not to Mother
Russia, and. that even Castro's flunky, who has been singing this tune, has not repeated it in his talks, to date, AVith
other Latin American "ambassadors" in recent days!
But supposing the optimism is fully justified and the
jet bombers, or some portion of them are removed, are we
then — witji effective inspection more of an illusion than
ever, with the "fishing port" development continuing and
the thousands of Russians and.Chinese Reds still.occupying
this threshold of the U.S. — to be told by President Kennedy and "Ambassador" Stevenson — and U Thant, of
course — that everything is hunky dory?
At this writing, U Thant on his throne in the Manhattan no-mans land is reported sitting on terms submitted
to him by Russia and Cuba jointly for ending the crisis.
"Spokesmen" for the State _ Department and for our UN
delegation say they know frpm. nothing* another mysterious
mouthpiece for the UN is quoted as saying - that U, Thant
is "not authorized" to tell us anything ySt!
THAT for Mr. Kennedy's bold gesture—and his pledge
to defend the United States. anger brought happy smiles to
many a small tyke (one greedy
boy stuffed hi.s pockets with | summei
more than a dozen gift candies
before edging out of the crowd
that encircled Santa).
;_Jbl'SQ.-.Jfe9i&Py were the Santa
sponsors who are making his
visit to North Canton possible.
As a sign of welcome, each of
the 32 sponsors has hung a large
red banner on his door.
Students Out of Classes
Geitgey Flat Placed
a
Three pieces of equipment and 10 men from North
Canton .Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call
Tuesday at 9:22 a.m. from Walsh. College, 2020 Easton St.
NW-
Firemen used a booster pump
to, distinguish, a. fire in a brick-
'an^tile-lined- rubbish disposal
unit that extends from the second floor, to the basement of
the college academic , building.
The fire was discovered toy.
a 'student who was leaving a
dlass that had just been dismissed.
Firemen and 'college officials
speculate;! that the 'blaze was
caused by a carelessly discarded citgarette or tna'teh.'
Smoke forced students to evacuate the building for a brief
period. Firemen employed bluw-
er.s to dispel the. shiofce." '
Damage to the 'building was1
negligible, • college officials- said,
although some-cleanup.work was
necessary. ........
• Several faculty members and
students played 'fire' extinguishers on the blaze until firemen
arrived.
Operations at the college were
Iback to normal about an hour
after the 'blaze wag discovered.
Another fire call Monday at
8:48 p.m. took firefighters to a
grass blaze on Knoll Ave.
Two Attend TV Session
C. Lisle Beamer, audio-visu3.1
director of Canton* Public
Schools, and Liloyd R. McFar-
ren, supervisor of, elementary
education, took part in a conference conducted ^iby Midwest
Program on Airborne Television
Instruction Monday, at Purdue
University: * .
The pin-pose' of the "-all-day
■session was to consider expanded use of instructional television
in Midwest schools served by
the "flying, caassraom.': ....
The North Canton Planning
Commission has postponed action on a plat presented 'by Jim
Cooper for Donald Geitgey to
a recessed meeting, Dec. 17, at
7:30 p.m.
Commission mem'bers considered 'the plat at' its Monday
night meeting, and then moved
to table it untj.1- the recessed
meeting, to allow further stud\
and ■ to ■ give- time to check certain points in question
- The. Plat., locate., .in the .West
end of town, includes more than
22 acre's,'wliich have been'divided into 53 'lots.
Absent-from the Monday night
■mcetirtT, which was followed by
a vyork.session with Fred LaBas-
tille, Efoasco consultant, was
Harold T. Duryee.
OSU health Center
ii for Careers Day
Student's in grades 7 through
12 from "Stark'conn-ty-have been
invited1 t« take* part "in the annual Careers Day to be held
Saturday, April 6, 1953, at The
Ohio State University Health
Center,.. t_ '■. ... , .
The program, designed to acquaint students with the medical sbet'.allies'available at the
Health- Center, • will '-include^ a
tour of the center in the morning and a skit ;and group discussion-; in Oe Ohio Union in
-.the. aU. i-oypi. ..
Host Safety Patrol
North Canton patrol boys and
girls will be among 1,800 County
school safety patrol members
who will be entertained Saturday, Dec. 15, at the 12th annual Christmas Theater Party.
The morning event is . pon-
scored by tlie Palace Theater in
Canton and the Canton Automobile Club.
See Santa at His Igloo
Santa will be "at home" in
his red and white igloo for the
first time this Friday night.
The igloo, contributed last
year by the 'North Canton Area
Chamber of Commerce, will be
stationed in front of Frye Hardware at 950 S. -Main St. from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday and
from noon until 5:30 p.m., Saturday.
'During the week of Dec. 10-15,
the igloo will move to Hummel's
IGA parking lot at 315 N. Main
St. Evening hours, Monday
through Wednesday and Friday,
will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Santa
also will hand out candy canes
and receive Christmas lists from
noon until 5:30 p.m., Saturday.
The same hours will be observed the week of Dec. 17-22
and on Dec. 24, when the 'gloo
will be stationed in front of the
Harter 'Bank at 139 S. Main St.
Sponsor Santa's Visit ,
Santa's sponsors this year include : Adair's; Jake V. Al-
(Continued on Page Four)
City's Retail Sales
Snowball Down Hill
Planners are at Work to Develop
Corrective Steps lo Regain Customers
Retail sales in North Canton are dropping drestically
beli ind those of Canton and Stark County, according to
figures presented tliis week to the North Canton Planning
Commission.
Sales have dropped 50 percent from 1954 high, reports
Fred LaBastille, new Ebasco
planner heading the North
Canton project.
iJaBastille showed planning;
commission members a grap-te
showing a comparison of retail.
3ales in the City, Canton and
ihe county since 1940.
In 1954, North Canton sales
reached a peak, which topped-
bales for either Canton or that
ounty. A sharp downward trend
iOllows to the present time. It
s interesting to note that discount houses were introduced- in
this area around 1954.
(Presenting the chart at a
Tuesday night work session with
the commission and members
of the Citizens Advisory Com-
m i 11 e e, LaBastille explained
that hi.s 1981 figure is only a
good estimate.
Cooperation of Nortii Canton
ausinessmen i.s being sought to
jbtain a real Gross Retail Sales
ngure for North Canton for 19&1.'.
It is hoped that -merchants
v\ ill volunteer this information,
vvhich will be kept anonymous:
The only breakdown that would
be helpful would be general
ou.sine.ss line. such as food,
clothing, service, etc.
■Mr. LaBastille stressed the
necessity of having each and
every proprietor's help to show
tho complete picture.
This information ties in with
tho Basic Economic Report,
which will be reviewed by the
commission and the planning
representative later this week.
At Monday and Tuesday evening study sessions, the commission, the Ebasco representative,
and citizens reviewed the pre-.
liminary drafts of both the Land
Use ancl Structural Conditions
Report and the Major Thoroughfare and Transportation Inventory.
All points were discussed and
ironed out. Both reports now
return- to New York for preparation of a final draft.
When Mr. LaBastille returns
for the Jan. 7 Planning Commission meeting, he vvill bring
with him the preliminary drafts
of the Community Facilities
Plan and the Central Business
District Report.
One of the major items of
tlie Land Use report and recom-
•mendations will be a plan 'for
a major revision of the existing zoning ordinance.
Parking needs and plans for
street paving, traffic routing and
sidewalk construction will ibe
outlined in the final draft of
the thoroughfare ancl transportation studv.
Fred \\. LaBastille
Norlh Canton's Comprehensive
Survey and Master Plan i.s being guided !>y a new community planning consultant.
Replacing Peter Dorram as
head of the North Canton survey crew j,s Fred W. LaBastille.
Mr. Laliasliile, who ioined the
Ebasco firm of New York thi.s
holds a B.
in land
scape architecture from the University of Michigan, where he
also took advanced courses in
■civil engineering and city planning.
His experience in the planning
field includes, most recently, the
position of project planner in
Reckley, W.-Va., where hi.s family is presently located.
Before that lie was senior
planner for the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
in Maryland, was .chief planner
for the Department of City
Planning in Chicago, 111.; civil
engineer for Skidmore. Owings
and Merrill of Chicago; junior
planner for Marland Bartholomew & Assc. of St. Louis. Mo.;
site planner anj engineering
consultant in Chicago and St.
Louis; and planning consultant
in Chicago.
His • duties include overseeing
the drafting of a complete Comprehensive Plan for cities, watershed areas and counties.
In North Canton, he will be
responsible for presenting the
survey and Master Plan, the
Central Business District Studies and other related studies and
public relations programs connected with a planning program.
'Mr. LaBastille lias been .scheduled as guest speaker for the
Thursday night Rotary program
at Community Christian church.
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